Thousands Are Sailing

Am G C F You brave Irish heroes where e'er you may be C F C Em I pray, stand a moment and listen to me C G C G Your sons and fair daughters are all going away Am G C F And thousands are sailing to Americay Am G C F So, good luck to those people and safe may they land C F C Em They are leaving their country for a far distant strand C G C G They're leaving old Ireland, no longer can stay Am G C F And thousands are sailing to Americay Am G C F Now the night before leaving, they are bidding goodbye C F C Em And it's early next morning, their hearts give a sigh C G C G They turn, kiss their mothers and then they will say Am G C F "Farewell, dear old father, we must now go away" Am Am G C F Oh, I pity the mother who rears up the child C F C Em And likewise the father who labours and toils C G C G To try to support them, he will work night and day Am G C F And when they are reared up, they will go away Am G C F So, good luck to those people and safe may they land C F C Em They are leaving their country for a far distant strand C G C G They're leaving old Ireland, no longer can stay Am G C F And thousands are sailing to Americay Am